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{"id":8674,"date":"2021-05-30T16:04:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wall.org\/~aron\/blog\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2021-05-30T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:04:18","slug":"creator-redeemer-and-sanctifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wall.org\/~aron\/blog\/creator-redeemer-and-sanctifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Father, the Creator<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the beginning <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">God<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">created<\/span> the heavens and the earth.\u00a0 <em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/genesis\/1-1.htm\">Genesis 1:1<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For us there is but <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">one God, the Father<\/span>, from whom <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">all things came<\/span> and for whom we live&#8230; (<a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_corinthians\/8-6.htm\">1 Cor 8:6<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Jesus Christ, the Creator<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the beginning was the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Word<\/span>,\u00a0and the Word was with God,\u00a0and the Word was God.\u00a0 He was with God in the beginning.\u00a0 Through <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">all things were made<\/span>; 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